The roots and origins of Isaac Bashevis Singer's works are illuminated in this comprehensive survey. Biletzky treats his subject from several perspectives, describing Singer's life story and its influence on his work while also critiquing Singer's work and focusing on its realistic and nonrealistic dimensions. The author also explores the relationship between Singer's work and the work of Shalom Aleichem and I.L. Peretz, an analysis which synthesizes the Jewish and the Yiddish in Singer's thought and writing. Contents: Roots; In the Ways of Creativity; The Storyteller; Between the Real and the Unreal; Devils. Satans. Imps. Evil Spirits; Satan in Goraj; The Muskat Family; The Slave; The Miracle Worker of Lublin; The Manor. The Estate; The Dumb Souls of I.L. Peretz and Gimpel Tam; The Painter's Studio and Father's Courtroom.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of America, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0819198285
ISBN-13
9780819198280
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209252
Product Key Features
Book Title
God, Jew, Satan : in the Works of Isaac Bashevis Singer
Author
Israel Ch. Biletzky
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Judaism / General, Jewish
Publication Year
1995
Genre
Literary Criticism, Religion
Number of Pages
154 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pj5129.S49z594 1995
Reviews
Discussion of the roles if religion, mysticism, rationalism and pornography in literature provide valuable insights into the complexities of this most important body of post-war Yiddish imaginative fiction., Discussion of the roles if religion, mysticism, rationalism and pornography in literature provide valuable insights into the complexities of this most important body of post-war Yiddish imaginative fiction.>>>>